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American security guards charged with killing two civilians in Afghanistan had criminal records, a Senate committee has heard. They were guilty of assault, battery and drug-taking in the past. The men were in Afghanistan with a subsidiary of the private security firm Blackwater, previously accused of murdering civilians in Iraq. Considered the largest and most powerful private military group in the world, Blackwater has gotten itself into deep legal troubles all over the world. RT Correspondent Lauren Lyster joins Alyona live in studio, after returning from the Senate hearings into the Blackwater company, as they face fierce opposition from American lawmakers.